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Sidekick Short Review: Huda F Series (2021-2026) by Huda Fahmy
Check out this Sidekick Short Review of the Huda F series by Huda Fahmy. Read for basic book info, classroom use info, and an outline for book talking to your students!
4 min read


Coldwire (2025) by Chloe Gong
Check out this Sidekick Super Review of "Coldwire" by Chloe Gong. Read for basic book info, mentor texts for writing lessons, and sentences for combining and imitation exercises.
7 min read


Sidekick Super Review: Where Sleeping Girls Lie (2025) by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
cover image of Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, published by Feiwel & Friends, 2024. The Basics Page Length: 416 Audiobook Length: ~17 hours Grade Reading Level: 9+ Target Audience Age: 14-18+ Goodreads Score: 3.97 out of 5 Common Sense Media Score: 15+ Buy it HERE Setting: Contemporary England, fictional boarding school, Alfred Nobel Academy Genre: Young Adult Mystery Thriller, Dark Academia Topics: Boarding School, Mental Health, Abuse, Suicide, Sexual As
7 min read


Sidekick Short Review: Skin (2025) by Deborah Kelly
Check out this Sidekick Short Review of "Skin" by Deborah Kelly. Read here to get book basics, and an outline for book talking to your students.
2 min read


Sidekick Super Review: Looking for Smoke (2024) by K. A. Cobell
Check out this Sidekick Super Review of "Looking for Smoke" by K. A. Cobell, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, and an outline for book talking to your students!
7 min read


Sidekick Super Review: After Life (2025) by Gayle Forman
Check out this Sidekick Super Review of "After Life" by Gayle Forman, including mentor texts, writing mini lessons, and an outline for book talking to your students!
6 min read


Sidekick Short Review: My Friends (2025) by Fredrik Backman
Check out this Sidekick Short review of My Friends by Fredrik Backman. Find basic info and an outline for book talking to your students!
3 min read


Sidekick Short Review: Girls Who Play Dead (2025) by Joelle Wellington
Check out this Sidekick Short review of Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington. Find basic info and an outline for book talking to your students!
3 min read


Sidekick Short Review: When We Were Monsters (2025) Jennifer Niven
Check out this Sidekick Short review of When We Were Monsters by Jennifer Niven. Find basic info and an outline for book talking to your students!
3 min read


Sidekick Short Review: I Was Told There Would Be Romance (2024) by Marie Arnold
Check out this Sidekick Short review of I Was Told There Would Be Romance by Marie Arnold
3 min read
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